if you take your morals any more seriously than simple passing urges, then where you get them should definitely interest you
few things are more worthy of your consideration imo
it's a pretty straightforward call to make.
think about it. really think about the basis of all your beliefs. all your moral intuitions. how do you justify them? the quran? social consequences? logical reasoning? really, seriously consider it. take your time. it's a big deal.
you're also not-muslim
you can't set aside the parts of the religion you don't like and still call yourself an adherent of that religion
to do so you necessarily rely on some external criteria by which you decide which parts you set aside and which you keep. you value this external...
you're a muslim insofar as you identify as one
but you do not derive your moral beliefs from islam
you choose various interpretations of islam based on your existing moral beliefs, derived from reason and experience
if there was an islamic state
and someone renounced islam
it would be ok to punish them severely or even kill them
but there's no islamic state anywhere (???!) so it doesn't matter whether this religious teaching is disgusting or not ok
obviously all sorts of things motivate non-religious people to do bad things. that's kind of the point.
you cannot deny that some religious people do bad things **solely because of** their religion. they interpret religious texts such that they are instructed to do those things.
say i join...
do you really think that people posting here cannot distinguish between 'extreme' and 'moderate' muslims? that's insulting and idiotic. i'm sure that even the most moronic today tonight viewer realises that there's a difference between violent terrorists and the muslim family that lives down the...
you see guys,
this thread was doomed from the start
i mean, proposing to discuss the experiences and opinions of a muslim apostate!!! she is insane by definition!!!
that's why i'm gonna shitpost all over this thread inshallah